bovine
英['b??va?n]
美['bova?n]
- adj. 牛的；似牛的；遲鈍的
- n. 牛科動物
中文詞源
bovine 牛的
來自詞根bov, 牛。詞源同beef.
英文詞源
- bovine
- bovine: see beef
- bovine (adj.)
- 1817, from French bovin (14c.), from Late Latin bovinus, from Latin bos (genitive bovis) "ox, cow," from PIE *gwous- (see cow (n.)). Figurative sense of "inert and stupid" is from 1855.
雙語例句
- 1. I'm depressed by the bovine enthusiasm of the crowd's response.
- 人群毫無熱情的遲鈍反應使我感到很沮喪。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. He was a gentle, rather bovine man.
- 他是一位文雅而反應遲鈍的人.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. Her bovine face gave no response.
- 她的無感情的臉上沒有絲毫反應.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 4. Outside the bovine host, the organism can be readily cultured.
- 這種微生物在宿主牛體外, 容易被培養.
來自辭典例句
- 5. A captive wildebeest calf was inoculated with virulent bovine blood.
- 把活捉到的一頭犢角馬用有毒力的牛血液進行了接種.
來自辭典例句